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Desperately need advice!! I am living in a hot tub nightmare.

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CanadianSpaTech:
It is a process and you need to be patient and get it right. You don't want to half ass it and make sure you end up with a healthy hot tub that's not going to make someone sick. I would have the water above 80 degrees and remove all the jets then lower PH closer to 6 and super chlorinate the spa. Set it to filter continuously and run jets on high off and on for a few days. I would use a Quick Drain and use it as a vacuum to suck up the "oatmeal" every few hours/as it accumulates in the footwell and around the pump suction returns as they get clogged up (turn pumps/spa off and clear oatmeal away from them without suction). With the quick drain you can keeps the spa full but vacuum away the oatmeal and not lose all the water. Just top up when needed. Next I would adjust the PH back up and hit it with the Ahh-Some. You may have to fill and purge a couple of times to get where you need to be.  Recommend visiting their website and read the instructions. Important to not let the brown goo dry on the sidewalls of the spa as it is drained. If it dries it will be very sticky and hard to remove and you will add to the workload. I would leave filters in and clean the debris out a couple times a day/as needed and buy new filters. Once the spa is no longer spitting out oatmeal and you have purged the plumbing I would super chlorinate again and run it until your numbers come back down and you should be good to go. 14-30 days I might soak my filters in filter wash and purge again.

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